Both of them looked pretty good for 18 year olds in first college game. Johnnies have some athletes also. Zuby Ejiofor was a bust at Kansas, looked like a beast last night.
I watched the replay, Bailey is something else. My son was in 5th row texted me at one point "#1 pick" lol.
NBA scouts react to Ace Bailey’s Rutgers’ debut: ‘He will challenge Cooper for No. 1
About an hour before Rutgers faced St. John’s in a charity exhibition at Jersey Mike’s Arena Thursday night, Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks and assistant GM B.J. Johnson stepped out of a black SUV outside the building.
The rebuilding Nets are expected to be in the mix for the No. 1 overall pick in next summer’s NBA Draft, with Tankathon.com projecting them to have the top pick.
Marks and Johnson -- along with 20 other NBA scouts, including Raptors GM Masai Ujiri and Magic GM Anthony Parker -- were in the building to do their homework by watching Rutgers freshmen stars Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.
Both are expected to be in the mix for the No. 1 pick along with Duke freshman forward Cooper Flagg -- and both put on a show in their debut at the old RAC despite the Scarlet Knights taking a 91-85 loss.
St. John’s coach Rick Pitino compared Harper, the son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper Sr., to Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier, while the 6-foot-10 Bailey did nothing to dispute the notion that he could be the No. 1 pick next summer.
“He’s [among the] top-3 youth players in the world,” one NBA scout who has seen Bailey multiple times told NJ Advance Media. “Everyone has Cooper Fever, [but] he will challenge Cooper for No. 1.
“It’s not clear cut.”
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